There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the... other fellow to make the first move--and he, in turn, waits for you. The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open- hearted and courageous way, many others follow. Not everyone can be turned aside from meanness and hatred, but the great majority of Americans is heading in that direction. I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

I think it a much wiser thing to secure for the thousands of mothers in this State the legal control of the children they now have..., than to bring others into the world who would not belong to me after they were born.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Let's start with the three fundamental Rules of Robotics.... We have: one, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inact...ion, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Tiffany's Salesman: Do they still really have prizes in Crackerjack boxes?Paul: Oh, yes....Tiffany's Salesman: That's nice to know. Gives one a feeling of solidarity, almost of continuity into the past, that sort of thing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

There is evidence that all too many people are approaching parenthood with a dangerous lack of knowledge and skill. The result is ...that many children are losing out on what ought to be an undeniable right--the right to have parents who know how to be good parents, parents skilled in the art of "parenting."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The anarchy, assassination, and sacrilege by which the Kingdom of France has been disgraced, desolated, and polluted for some year...s past cannot but have excited the strongest emotions of horror in every virtuous Briton. But within these days our hearts have been pierced by the recital of proceedings in that country more brutal than any recorded in the annals of the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

You who have condemned me, I know your kind. Your forebears poisoned Socrates, burned Joan of Arc, hanged, tortured all those whos...e only offense was to bring light into darkness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »